One was, ‘Just because it happened to you doesn't mean it's interesting,’ and the second one was, ‘A love story is only as good as the restraining forces that keep the lovers apart.’ And I felt like Muriel and Julius have this bond and kind of love that [even] transcends sexuality. Edger-Jones weighed in on that dynamic: “Her love of Lee, her love of Julius, her love of Sandra, her love of herself, and how she starts to develop that… I found the script so beautiful, and her arc so beautiful, and I found it incredibly lyrical.” She says, ‘So you live here alone,’ and the second time she goes to the book party and they have their romantic moment on the back porch, she says, ‘So you're not afraid of being alone.’ I think there's a lot of danger in what they're all doing, and then it's literally gambling with their safety and their happiness to be who they really are.”
Author: Joe Deckelmeier, Owen Danoff
Published at: 2025-04-29 21:30:18
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